Support for tumblers and like receptacles.



N0- 799,38l. PATENTED SEPT. 12, 1905. A. H. HOPE.

SUPPORT FOR TUMBLERS AND LIKE REOBPTAGLES. APPLICATION FILED we. 10,1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SUPPORT FOR TUIVIBLERS AND LIKE RECEPTACLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1905.

Application filed August 10, 1904.. Serial No. 220,271.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. Horn, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Asbury Park, in the county of Monmouth and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supportsfor Tumblers and Like Receptacles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention provides an attachment for tumblers to enable a number ofthem to be conveniently carried one upon the other, thereby saving timein the serving of guests with water in hotels, cafes, restaurants, anddining-rooms, and obviates frequent trips of the waiter to effect suchservice.

The invention consists of atumbler having an annular support fitted tothe lower end thereof, so as to be readily detached to admit of cleaningor to be dispensed with in the event of it being desired for any causeto have the tumbler free from the support.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings.

hile the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which i Figure1 is a side elevation of a series of tumblers in superposed relation andprovided with supporting means in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2is adetail perspective View of the support, a portion being broken away.Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modified form of support.Fig. 4; is a detail perspective view of the modified form of supportillustrated in Fig. 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the following description and claims the term tumbler is used in abroad sense to designate a drinking-glass or similar recep tacle.

The support is indicated at 1 and is of annular formation to conform tothe circumference of the tumbler. While it is preferred The support iswidened or extended at its lower edge, as indicated at 2, and iscomparatively thin at its upper edge, as indicated at 3, to admit of itsvanishing into the sides of the tumbler and to readily conform to anyirregularities, so as to obtain a snug fit at every point. By having thelower portion of the support expanded a shoulder or ledge is provided toengage over the upper edge of the tumbler arranged below the oneprovided with the support. Of the metals aluminium is preferred, becauseof its lightness and freedom from corrosive action. It is to beunderstood that if other metals are used in themanufacture of thesupport they may be coated, so as to prevent erosive action, either bymeans of moisture, the atmosphere, or other influences resulting fromusage.

The support may be provided in sizes to fit standard tumblers or of anysize to conform to special receptacles. The support is slipped upon thelower end of a tumbler and is pressed thereon soas to occupya position ashort distance from the bottom. The upper flexible portion of thesupport grips the tumbler with sufficient friction to prevent casualdisplacement. However, the frictional contact may be increased byfrosting or roughening the lower portion of the tumbler, as indicated atL. When a series of tumblers each provided with a support are placed oneupon the other, as indicated in Fig. 1, the lower edge of the support ofone tumbler engages over the upper edge of the tumbler next below,thereby sustaining the series in vertical relation and enabling a numberto be carried in one hand without liability of displacement and at thesame time preventing the water splashing over the edge of the tumblers.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and L the support is constructed ofsheet material, which is spun or stamped in the form substantially asillustrated. This form of support is provided with an inner rim 5,having slits 6 extended upwardfrom its lower edge to form a plurality ofspring portions 7,which grip the sides of the tumbler and hold thesupport thereto against possible casual displacement. This support maylikewise be more cheaply manufactured, and the inner or gripping portionis more flexible than the form shown in Fig. 2-, hence will conform morereadily to inequalities of the tumbler when fitting the support thereto.The outer portion of the support,being concave upon its lower face,conforms more nearly to the position thereon. a short distance from its,

lowerend, said annular support having an;

edge portion thin; and? flexible to readily con-- form toinequalities-in-the surface-of the tumbler, and having an outersupporting ledge or shoulder to. engage over the upper-edgeof a tumblernext below when a. series of turnblers are arranged one upon-the other;

2. A new articleof' manufacture, the same consisting of an annularsupport, of rigidmaterial having a fixed. diameter, tobe slipped uponthe lower tapering portion of a flared tumbler to occupy a position ashort distance from the lower end thereofi, said annulan sup.-

port having an edge portion thin and flexible to readily conform toinequalities in the surface of the tumbler, and having slits extendedinward therefrom, and having the opposite edge portion extended outwardto engage over the upper edge of a tumbler next below when a series oftumblers are arranged one upon the other.

3. In combination, a tumbler having the outside of its lowerportionroughened or frosted, and anannulus slipped upon thelower end ofthetumbler and held frictionally thereon and prevented from displacementby means ofthe said roughened part, said annulus having an outerextension toengage over the upperedge of a tumbler next below whenv ase-- ries of tumblers are arranged one upon the other;

lntestlmony whereot-I aflix' my signature 1n presence of twowitnesses.

ARTHUR HOPE. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

K. MAoM. TQWNER, QLAUDE: F. GUERINL

